semelle

/\sə.mɛl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,572

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

semelle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pièce de cuir, de caoutchouc, qui fait le dessous d’une chaussure, d’une botte, d’une pantoufle. Pronounced \sə.mɛl\. Often confused with Séville and semence.

Key facts for semelle
PropertyValue
Headwordsemelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sə.mɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,572
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of semelle in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for semelle is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə.mɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,572 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for semelle, with forms such as "esmelle", "seemlle", and "semele". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Séville", "semence", "semoule", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is semelle, spelled S-E-M-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de cuir, de caoutchouc, qui fait le dessous d’une chaussure, d’une botte, d’une pantoufle.
  2. 2
    Pièce de cuir, de caoutchouc, qui fait le dessous d’une chaussure, d’une botte, d’une pantoufle.
  3. 3
    Pièce de cuir, de caoutchouc, qui fait le dessous d’une chaussure, d’une botte, d’une pantoufle.
  4. 4
    Pied, longueur d’un pied.
  5. 5
    Pièce de bois couchée horizontalement sous le pied d’un étai, ou servant d’entrait dans un comble.
  6. 6
    Pièces de bois plates qu’on met sous un corps pesant pour servir à le faire glisser.
  7. 7
    Plateau de bois très épais, qui se place entre les deux flasques d’un affût, et sur lequel le canon repose.
  8. 8
    Viande très dure à mâcher ou trop cuite.
  9. 9
    Partie lisse d'un ski en contact avec la neige pour faciliter son glissement.
  10. 10
    Jeu d’enfants consistant à toucher alternativement avec la plante du pied, la terre puis le pied de son partenaire.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esmelle,seemlle,semele,semelel,semlele,semmelle,smeelle,ssemelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for semelle

Misspelling Variants of "semelle"

esmelle7seemlle7semele6semelel7semlele7semmelle8smeelle7ssemelle8
Misspelling Variants of "semelle"

Frequency rank: #20,572 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "semelle"?
"semelle" is spelled S-E-M-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.mɛl\.
What does "semelle" mean?
As a noun, "semelle" means: Pièce de cuir, de caoutchouc, qui fait le dessous d’une chaussure, d’une botte, d’une pantoufle.
What words are commonly confused with "semelle"?
"semelle" is commonly confused with "Séville", "semence", "semoule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semelle" is \sə.mɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semelle" come from?
"semelle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.